Formative 2-9-15

MIDDLE SCHOOL – ASSESSMENT (Formative)
Grade 8 Subject Life Science

Topic In and out
Time allowed 20 minutes Time Taken*
Name of the Student*
Date* Deadline: Next lesson
Global Context Identities and relationships
Key Concept System
Related Concept Form and function
Statement of Inquiry Identifying the parts and functions of digestive and urinary system, helps us understand
the diseases related to these systems.
(*To be filled by the student)
Criterion/Criteria A - Objective –i,ii and iii
Level achieved
Interesting Fact: Tapeworms are invertebrate flatworms.

These are parasites, which obtain food by living in or on
another organism. A tapeworm doesn’t have a digestive
tract of its own. Instead, this worm absorbs nutrients
digested by the host. Some tapeworms can grow to be
over 10 m long. Cooking meat properly can help people
prevent from getting tapeworms.
Please read chapter number 24 – section-1 and 2 and then answer the following questions:
Q1. The liver, the largest organ in your body, is located behind your rib cage on the right side.
It has many functions including processing proteins, fats and carbohydrates, and breaking
down toxic substances such as drugs and alcohol. The liver makes the chemical components
that help your blood clot. If the liver fails, you lose the ability to clot blood and process
nutrients needed for life.
The liver also excretes a yellow digestive juice called bile, which may accumulate if your
liver is not functioning properly. Your eyes may become "jaundiced" or yellow and your skin
may itch from the accumulated bile. Some medications help treat symptoms of liver failure,
but there are no drugs that "cure" liver failure.
MS/Assessments/2015-16/Life Science/Grade 8/Nishu, Harsimrat, Sheeba, Babita & Sabeena

Source: http://www.ucsfhealth.org/livertransplant/
a) Is it important to transplant liver or can we survive without liver? Explain with

reasons.
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b) Which organ in the urinary system is very important and why it needs to be e
transplanted?
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Q2. Making comparisons- The recycling process for one kind of plastic begins with breaking
the plastic into small pieces. Next chemicals are used to break the small pieces of plastic
down to its building blocks. Then those building blocks are used to make new plastic. How is
this process both like and unlike human digestion?
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Level Descriptors and Task specific clarifications
Criterion A
Achievemen Level descriptor Task specific clarifications

t level
7-8 The student is able to: You were able to

i. describe scientific knowledge  Answer question number 2,3 and 4 with no errors.
ii. apply scientific knowledge and  Apply scientific knowledge and understanding to
understanding to solve problems set in suggest solutions to problems set in familiar
familiar and unfamiliar situations situations in question number 1
iii. analyse information to make  Apply information to make judgments in question
scientifically supported judgments. number 2 and 1 and suggest solutions to problems
set in unfamiliar situations in 1 and 2

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MIDDLE SCHOOL – ASSESSMENT (Formative)

Grade 8 Subject Life Science

Interesting Fact: Tapeworms are invertebrate flatworms.

MS/Assessments/2015-16/Life Science/Grade 8/Nishu, Harsimrat, Sheeba, Babita & Sabeena

a) Is it important to transplant liver or can we survive without liver? Explain with

MS/Assessments/2015-16/Life Science/Grade 8/Nishu, Harsimrat, Sheeba, Babita & Sabeena

Level Descriptors and Task specific clarifications

Achievemen Level descriptor Task specific clarifications

7-8 The student is able to: You were able to

MS/Assessments/2015-16/Life Science/Grade 8/Nishu, Harsimrat, Sheeba, Babita & Sabeena

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